Top RC 1/5 scale P-51D Electric 80cc 2nd hand restoration and maiden.

Having sold my 1/4 full composite CARF Spitfire as I didn’t have the space, I reasoned a slightly smaller 1/5 scale warbird would be just the ticket. Happily a friend of mine had a well used full composite Top RC P-51D for sale and so the story begins.... Details of whats in the model below, you can also use the chapters to skip to the bits of fair to say she’s a keeper ;) Enjoy and thank you for stopping by. Spec/set-up: Turnigy RotoMax 80cc electric motor, YEP 180amp ESC, 12S (2 x6s) Turnigy 5000mah Heavy Duty lipo’s, Aerostar 23x10 electric wooden prop, Jeti Ubec/switch, mix of blue bird and hitec servo’s, FR-Sky radio system. AUW RTF , span (89“), flight times 7-8mins. Chapters: Intro and overview of the work that has/had been done for the restoration. 00:00 Set-up at the field for maiden and more details of the work done on the model. 05:39 Maiden flight. 11:35 Short flight a week after the maiden once I’d got use to her more, made some positive changes and generally f
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